When in doubt, to handle coins, glue a wood clothespin (remember those?) on the end of a yardstick when you fiddle with dangerous chemicals,...
Might have been made for a charm bracelet, or some other cheap jewelry.
John41's treatment sounds like something I'd do, I endorse his plan.
How about carefully copying all the writing around the edge? It's very hard to read, but that should lead to a quick ID. Incidentally, the OP's...
Australia's outlook is clouded by the glut in commodities, in their case, primarily iron ore, but at least they will never go hungry. I'm sorry I...
Speaking of watching for the enemy, I read just a week or two ago that German submarines were very active, and very much a threat, off the...
The 19th Century Mexican mint marks containing a P are: SLP PI P I/P all of which are for San Luis Potosi. There are no assayers' initials...
Just one image, of a sample page. The print is so small, and the paper so glossy, it makes for poor images anyhow. The 79 8½ x 11 pages are...
As I've written numerous times in the past few years, smear the coin heavily with ordinary Vaseline and set it aside for a week, on the theory it...
Most of us know the small German paper notes issued by German towns after World War I as "notgeld," but here is a term (new to me) I found today...
Fine idea, and bottom line, preserves your capital to buy Coins. Plus the grateful follow-through, months later, when you can tell them "I found...
Your facts are partly correct, but "units" of currency don't mean a thing. Before World War I, the British pound was probably the largest "unit"...
I don't want arguments WITH ME about UPS. But that's what I got. My last post, good luck and great buys.
Whichever one they can't get the protective case open. ;)
So that CT-er's can investigate on their own. I saw it, I posted it, case closed. Do whatever you please. When you post, do you want an...
This is an excerpt from the UPS Tariff published July 7, 2014. Don't bother to argue with me, as I will ignore "arguments" to the contrary....
I found this website by accident, and thought someone in this thread might be interested; I have no idea if the attributions are correct, but the...
Plus a small premium for the S-proofs, if any. Buy $100 worth of rolled dimes and you'll have 90% of them.
Thanks. Hope there's new photos eventually. Don't think I have ever seen a counterfeit 3 cent piece.
So is the coin counterfeit or not? I can't see the details.
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